Episodes

Diane

Diane is due to be married but unsure of her feelings for her husband to be and her strong feelings of faith, she shocks her family by deciding to enter the Santo Spirito convent as a postulant.

55m

Episode 2

Frances

New to the school and coming from a broken home, Frances struggles to find friends, and a place in the stratified world of boarding school.

55m

Episode 3

Ambrose

Vatican II causes turmoil in the Order with its instructions for change and simplification within the Church. A lay teacher arrives at the convent.

55m

Episode 4

Rosemary

Rosemary, a student at the convent school, struggles with her own awakening independence and education about her sexuality, from which she has been sheltered.

55m

Episode 5

Paul

Sister Paul is a born teacher who joined the convent at 18 and is happy in her vocation. At 24 she goes home to attend a family wedding and meets up with radical priest, Jack Delahunty, who changes her life.

55m

Episode 6

Catherine

While Mother Ambrose is in Rome, Agnes is in charge. She asks Catherine to teach the official line against contraception and Catherine begins to find the compromises she is forced to make as a nun almost overwhelming.

55m

Cast

Brenda Fricker

Sister Agnes

Sandy Gore

Mother Ambrose

Josephine Byrnes

Sister Catherine

Lisa Hensley

Sister Paul

Crew

Marcus North

Production Design

Tony Lynch

Post Production Coordinator

Christine Woodruff

Music Consultant

Mario Millo

Music

Peter Purcell

Sound Mixer

Fabian Sanjurjo

Dialogue Editor

Liam Miller

Executive Producer

Penny Chapman